Gallery – Interwar Borderlands
Dioniza’s First Holy Communion
Dioniza’s First Holy Communion
Dioniza Choros
Before WWII
Poland
Szczurzyn, Wołynskie, Luck
Gradzik family, 1929
Adults: Sisters Waleria and Janina. Janina's daughters: Bronisława, Dioniza (standing) and Halina. Photo taken in 1929.
Dioniza Choros
Before WWII
Poland
Reverse of photo: Jozef Hammer in 1919
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Lisa Frizzle
Before WWII
Poland
Bobrka, Lwow
Halina’s home in Wilno
Pre-WWII family home (view from the back)
Halina Kozlowska
During WWII
Poland
Wilno
Jozef Wojtkowiak Cowes, 1937
Jozef Wojtkowiak, Polish Navy at The Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes. Jozef was in Cowes in 1937 as a commissioner of the building of ORP Blyskawica. ORP Błyskawica, the second of two Grom-class destroyers, was built for the Polish Navy by J. Samuel White, Cowes in 1935–37. The name means Lightning. The two Groms were some of the most heavily armed and fastest destroyers on the seas before World War II.
Wanda Troman
Before WWII
United Kingdom
Cowes, Isle of White
Polish navy
Wiesław, standing at rear, 3rd from right
Leszek Szozda, his cousin, standing immediately left of Wiesław; Krystyna Szozda, Wiesław’s cousin sitting on the lap of Krystyna, Wanda’s mother; Poland circa 1933
Wanda Gillon
Before WWII
Poland
Skalat
Franciszek Turkiewicz in Police Uniform
Franciszek Turkiewicz in Police Uniform
Mark Turkiewicz
Before WWII
Poland
ID of ranciszek Prusinski
Franciszek Prusinski - These ID papers " Dowd Osobisty" belonged to my Great Grandfather on my Mother's side of the family. My Mothers Father brought these papers to New Zealand with him. They were issued in Poland in 1936
Stan Gazdowicz
Before WWII
Poland
Borysław region (view 3 of 4)
Borysław region (view 3 of 4)
Henry Sokolowski
Before WWII
Poland
Boryslaw, Stanisławowskie
NOWOSADY_FORREST
NOWOSADY_FORREST
Helen Bitner
Before WWII
Poland
Young_Marynia
Young_Marynia
Helen Bitner
Before WWII
Poland
Log booms and loggers in the Czarnohora mountains
Log booms and loggers in the Czarnohora mountains
Henry Sokolowski
Before WWII
Poland
Kosów, Stanislawow
Leopold before Siberia
Leopold, brother to Halina Miros, before deportation to Siberia.
Halina Miros
Before WWII
Poland
Irena – during her early career in Lwow
Irena – during her early career in Lwow
During WWII
Poland
Lwow
Jan Gadomski
Father of Irena Jankowska - member of the Polish Border Guard - date unknown
Irena Jankowska
Before WWII
Poland
Church where Jan was christened
built in 1594 - still standing and in use today
Jan Kołodziński
After WWII
Poland
Nowa-Wilejka 1938
Military service in Nowa-Wilejka 1938. 13th "Tartar" Wilno Cavalry Regiment. Stefan Mustafa Abramowicz collection. Copyright by Xenia Jacoby, Martin Jones & Zofia Wierzbicka
Xenia Jacoby
Before WWII
Poland
Wilno
Mucha Album Pg 1 Photo 6
Mucha Album Pg 1 Photo 6
Krystyna Mucha
Before WWII
Karol Jastrzebski
Karol Jastrzebski
Izabela Spero
During WWII
Poland
September 1939 Campaign
Dioniza’s First Holy Communion Group
First Communion: Edek Werakse, Dysia Gradzik, Gienia Michalek, Zosia Uzban, teacher Helene Serdowicz , Ukrainian who taught Catholic religion. May 1936.
Dioniza Choros
Before WWII
Poland
Szczurzyn, Wołynskie, Luck
Genia in 1938
Genia in 1938
Eugenia Gruszewska
Before WWII
Poland
Stolpce, Nowogródzkie
Weronika and her sister-in-law
Weronika and her sister-in-law
Halina Babinska
Before WWII
Poland
Reverse of the Jozef Hammer 1923 photo
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Before WWII
Marriage of Jan Wójcik to Józefa Gajewska
Marriage of Jan Wójcik to Józefa Gajewska
Stanisława Wherrett
Before WWII
Poland
Jozefa and Stanislaw Milaszewicz, with Jozef
Jozefa and Stanislaw Milaszewicz, with Jozef
Regina Miłaszewicz
Before WWII
Poland
Admiral Czernicki 1929
Rear Admiral Xawery Czernicki of the Polish Navy (16 Oct 1882 – May 1940 in Katyn). He was born in Giedejki, the district of Oszmian, the son of Edward and Teresa Bohuszewicz. Wanda's father Jozef Wojtkowiak worked with him (in photo), under his command, in France, during the construction of the first Polish destroyers and submarines in France. There is book in Polish entitled “Kontradmiral Xawery Czernicki”, published in Gdynia in 2001.
Wanda Troman
Before WWII
France
Polish navy
Wanda’s maternal grandparents
Tomasz Szozda and Józefa (nėe Turańska), centre of three women; Skałat, Poland, 1937; other 2 women are unknown.
Wanda Gillon
Before WWII
Poland
Skalat
Unknown Person 3 – 27 May 1936
Identity unknown. Can anyone identify him, or make out the embossed writing on the bottom right hand side? I think it says "VENVS" "LWOW" and "AKADEMICKA". Dated in Lodz, Poland, 27 V 1936
Vanessa Tomecki
Before WWII
Poland
Lodz
Franciszek Turkiewicz Family
Franciszek, Bronislawa, Ryszard & Marta
Mark Turkiewicz
Before WWII
Poland
Photo of Franciszek Prusinski
My Great Grandfather - This is a photo of my Great Grandfather Franciszek Prusinski, taken in 1936. He was born in 1878 and died in Siberia some time between 1940-1942 (my mother was to young to remember the exact date).
Stan Gazdowicz
Before WWII
Poland